Results Wednesday Time trials week 2

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

What a difference a day makes / Twenty-four little hours / Brought the sun and the flowers / Where there used to be rain Originally written in Spanish but popularized by Dinah Washington. Oh so true as if anyone was thinking about doing a time trial on Tuesday it would have been cancelled but there was hardly a breath of wind on Wednesday.

A good turn out of 50 riders with again more new people coming out to have their first crack at a time trial for the season or first time ever.

Thanks to Mike Simpson for taking control of the night and even stepping up with the laptop to do the timing/results. Thanks also to the helpers on the night. Rebecca Denholm at registration, Pete Robson at the turn, Michael Groube, Chris and Kirsty on the start and finish.

Already there are 20 people on 4 points so the coming weeks will see more and more people trying to keep their points tallies as high as possible. It is very apparent when a few people try to beat the system by not putting all effort in to producing the best time possible. Time trials are all about trying to better your own time, so by taking it easy one week just so you can improve the next week by going at a regular pace may be the downfall of some people as the weather always plays an important factor.

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